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1893: 1st Track World Championships - Chicago (United States of America)

1896: 1st modern Olympic Games - Athens (Greece); cycling is included in the programme

14 April 1900: foundation of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in Paris (France) by the Belgian, French, Italian, Swiss and United States National Federations

1921: 1st UCI Road World Championships (Amateur) - Copenhagen (Denmark)

1927: 1st UCI Road World Championships (Professional) - Nürburgring (Germany)

1930: 1st UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships - Leipzig (Germany)

1950: 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships - Charenton-le-Pont (France)

1965: creation of the International Amateur Cycling Federation (FIAC) and the International Professional Cycling Federation (FICP); the UCI became the coordinating body for these two federations; the FIAC was established in Rome (Italy), the FICP in Brussels (Belgium)

1969: the UCI headquarters are transferred from Paris (France) to Geneva (Switzerland)

1977: the FICP headquarters are transferred from Brussels (Belgium) to Luxemburg (Luxemburg)

1986: 1st UCI BMX Racing World Championships - Riccione (Italy)

1987: 1st UCI Trials World Championships - Berga (Spain)

1990: 1st UCI Mountain Bike World Championships - Durango (United States of America)

1992: reunification of FIAC and FICP within the UCI; on November 1st, the Federation moves to Lausanne (Switzerland); inauguration of the new UCI headquarters on December 16th

1996: the mountain bike becomes an Olympic discipline - Atlanta (United States of America)

14 April 2002: inauguration of the UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC) - Aigle (Switzerland); the UCI headquarters are transferred from Lausanne (Switzerland) to Aigle (Switzerland)

2006: 1st UCI Para-cycling World Championships - Aigle (Switzerland)

2008: BMX Racing becomes an Olympic discipline - Beijing (China)

2017: 1st UCI Urban Cycling World Championships - Chengdu (China)

2020: 1st UCI Cycling Esports World Championships

2021: BMX Freestyle becomes an Olympic discipline - Tokyo (Japan)

2022: 1st UCI Gravel World Championships - Veneto (Italy)

2023: 1st UCI Cycling World Championships for all cycling disciplines - Glasgow and across Scotland (Great Britain)

2025: 1st UCI Road World Championships in Africa - Kigali (Rwanda)

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